Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Adventures in Cleaning

I have emerged victorious in the battle to reclaim my dining room! After tackling the huge pile of paper, I have discovered a beautiful table underneath. I have cleaned out cabinets and drawers in the kitchen, baskets and shelves in the living room, pulled out all the furniture and dusted baseboards, vaccuumed crevices and scrubbed spots out of the carpet. Two large bags of trash, another (and a box) for donation. You know that cabinet you have you never go into? You know, the one that has all those weird vases and dishes that you don't know what to do with. Well, I went into mine, and found a bottle of white grape juice from when I moved in (3 years ago). Ewww. It was brown. Why was it there? I have no idea. I don't keep food in there.

Among other things I found when cleaning? A piece of mail from last December.

How come I never find a forgotten stash of money?

5 comments:

Tracie said...

Wow! I have some of those cleaning projects at my house - come on over!!

Just me said...

Ewww - BROWN white grape juice! Somehow, I think I would blame the girls... :-) I sooooo need to get motivated to clean, send some of that energy my way!

DavidShag said...

I admire your energy and will-power to get that cleaning done. Every time I start, I get distracted by all the papers on my tables that I should have responded to before 12/31/2009, or that blank thank you card that I must have had cause to buy. But happily, I am a guy and no one expects a clean and tidy house. Do they?

The Gaelic Wife said...

Hopefully it wasn't an invitation to tea with the Queen. I'm doing my bedroom closet today. 15 minutes at a time.

Auntie Di said...

Wow, good for you! Maybe you'll inspire me. The house was closed up while we were gone, and it feels very dusty & musty. Bleh.